Steve Rannard's Biography

Steve Rannard, Group Leader & Vice Chair, University of Liverpool

Professor Steve Rannard studied for his BSc (1988) and D. Phil (1991) at the University of Sussex. His D.Phil, sponsored by BP, focussed on novel block copolymers for dialysis membranes. After leaving Sussex, Steve spent 16 years in UK industry including Cookson, Courtaulds and Unilever at the Port Sunlight Laboratories. He is the cofounder and Vice Chair of the British Society for Nanomedicine and has led the foundation of two spinout companies, IOTA NanoSolutions Limited and Hydra Polymers Limited. He joined the University of Liverpool in September 2007 where he held a Royal Society Industry Fellowship and an IOTA NanoSolutions Industry Fellowship until 2010. His current research interests include the utilisation of different nanotechnologies in healthcare applications.